transitive verb felt, feeling feel′·ing

1. to touch or handle in order to become aware of; examine or test by touching or handling
2. to perceive or be aware of through physical sensation to feel rain on the face
3. 1. to experience (an emotion or condition) to feel joy, pain, etc.
   2. to be moved by or very sensitive to to feel death keenly
4. to be aware of through intellectual perception to feel the weight of an argument
5. to think or believe, often for unanalyzed or emotional reasons he feels that we should go

Etymology: ME felen < OE felan, akin to Ger fühlen & L palpare, to stroke < ? IE base *pel-, to fly, flutter, cause to tremble > OE fīfealde, Ger falter, butterfly

intransitive verb

1. to have physical sensation; be sentient
2. to appear to be to the senses, esp. to the sense of touch the water feels warm
3. to have the indicated emotional effect it feels good to be wanted
4. to try to find something by touching; grope (for)
5. to be or be aware of being to feel sad, sick, certain, etc.
6. to be moved to sympathy, pity, etc. (for)

noun

1. the act of feeling; perception by the senses
2. the sense of touch
3. the nature of a thing as perceived through touch the feel of wet sawdust
4. an emotional sensation or effect the feel of happiness
5. instinctive ability or appreciation a feel for design